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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-74860

high Nessus Plugin ID 343836

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A flaw was found in libxml2 with Python bindings enabled. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML document containing a Document Type Definition (DTD) with enumerated attribute values. This triggers a double-free error in the SAX attributeDecl callback handler, where a string is freed twice. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a reproducible crash in Python applications using the libxml2 SAX bindings. (CVE-2026-74860)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-74860

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343836

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_74860.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/8/2026

Updated: 9/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.45

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-74860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libxml2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-74860